Browsing the BBC News website earlier, I saw this article: www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25539103
It struck me, that asides from the interesting story, that an old painting has been found and that it is worth a fortune, I can't help think that the church could find better ways of spending their new-found money.
They plan to use it to replace the church bells, to commemorate those lost in WWI, and although that seems like a noble cause, surely helping local homeless people get back on their feet, or something like that, would be far better.
I did a little bit of research about the church itself (Whaley Hall), and it turns out that this church is actually quite a big corporate conference centre and is run as a business. Presumably they still have charitable status, and through their website they still take donations from the public for renovations etc.
I can't help think that if the church wants to maintain charitable status, then it shouldn't be running itself as a business. Furthermore, with all the problems in the country (and world) at the moment, is replacement of church bells really a priority? Don't get me wrong, I am in favour of remembering our war dead, I just feel uncomfortable that this church seems to care more about building its assetts, than it does about helping the community, and may be using the anniversary of WWI as an excuse.
How many children in Africa would £400,000 save?
AIBU?